Real Utility: Accounting for Energy Costs Makes Mortgage Sense
Backers of a move to add utility bills into home-loan considerations say it will boost energy conservation and create lots of jobs that can't be exported.
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Mortgage Loan Documents Getting an Overhaul
In a sadly unusual move, the federal government shops around simplifications to important loan documents by asking the public to pick a winner from among two designs.
Turning Failed Commercial Properties Into Parks
Turning foreclosed commercial properties into park networks could put people to work, raise real estate values and promote wise redevelopment.
Immigrant Flow Shifts to Smaller Cities
While big cities have been the traditional gateways for America's waves of immigration, midsize cities are becoming the new destinations.
Facing Foreclosure? Get Counseling
An inexpensive part of the federal effort to dig America out of the subprime crisis appears to have promise.
Shadow Market Delays Recovery, Helps Defiant Homeowners
In a follow-up to a story we published in March, our featured homeowner still lives defiantly without payments or eviction for more than a year.
The Bonfire of the Housing Vanity
If you're looking for someone to blame for the subprime mortgage fiasco, don't stop at George Bush. Go all the way back to Herbert Hoover.
Tapping Academe to Avoid the Next Flailout
Two respected Washington, D.C. lawyers — tax expert, finance watchdog, media adviser and occasional Miller-McCune contributor Marty Lobel…